The squires were to be knighted a year earlier than usual due to the heavy losses at Eburacum and Mount Damen. It was at Eburacum that Sir Herlews Fournier, last of the previous generation, received a mortal wound. The story began with the squires en route to Tisbury, House Fournier’s seat, for the funeral.

The united glory of our heroes was to be short-lived, culminating in the Adventure of Sword Lake in 486. In 487, Sir Gordon was promoted to Master of the Hunt in the Earl’s court, leaving the party. That same year, Sir Henry was brought low by a berserker’s axe during Prince Madoc’s naval raids against the Saxons. He was saved thanks to the administration of a timely magic potion, but it left him in a magical state of slumber. His half-brother, Sir Gildas, represented the family in the intervening years. Salisbury’s ill fortune was Sir Keith’s good luck as Earl Roderick allowed him the rather undeserved privilege of marrying Lady Adwen simply to spite Duke Ulfius.